Need analysis of english for specific purpose in islamic banking department

Need analysis in ESP currently positions as a crucial part of English learning since it is an attempt to meet students’ need in English. It is well-known fact that today many job fields often require a proper English skill, included Islamic banking field. Yet, somehow the graduates have difficultly to meet this demand of their target career. This research aims to analyze what Islamic banking students’ needs are in ESP. Specifically, the need analysis covers two areas, target situation and learning situation. Afterward, this study also explains how the Islamic banking students’ need should be accommodated. This research is designed in descriptive qualitative form with interview and questionnaire as the instruments to collect the data. The informants of this study consist of 38 Islamic banking students and 2 English lecturers in Islamic banking department. The result reveals that the Islamic banking students have the same opinion that English has crucial position to support their target career. Besides, the students also need English to learn and understand their subject written in English, like international journal and other international sources. The students consider that speaking is the most important skill that they have to master. On the other hand, speaking also becomes their weakness in English since most of the students do not practice English to communicate even when they are in English class. In learning situation, listening, real play and simulation, and conversation gain the three highest percentages as the activities that can help the students learn English. To accommodate these needs, the lecturers consider that it will be better if the English materialss relate to the students’ subject. However, English subject in UIN Walisongo is not designed as English for Specific Purpose, so that it needs more effort to design an English course that can accommodate the Islamic banking students’ need